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αὔω: εἰ μὲν τὸ ξηραίνω δηλοῖ, γέγονε παρὰ τὸ ὕω, τὸ βρέχω, καὶ τὸ στερητικὸν α ἀΰω καὶ αὕω. εἰ δὲ τὸ φωνῶ, <ὡς> Ὅμηρος ‘αὖε δ’ Ἄρης ἑτέρωθεν’ (Υ 51), <παρὰ τὸ ἄω,> τὸ πνέω, ὥς φησιν Ἡρωδιανός (2, 272, 15)· ἔνθεν καὶ αὐλός, τὸ φωνητικὸν ὄργανον, ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ πνεύματος ἐξέρχεται ἡ φωνή
Translation (En)
auō: if it means "to dry out", it comes from huō "to rain" and with the privative a-, aüō and auō. If it means "to shout", as in Homer "aue d'Arēs heterōthen" (Il. 20.51) ("the battle was shouting from the other part"), <from aō" "to blow", as Herodian says; from which comes aulos "pipe", too, the sonorous instrument, for the voice proceeds from blowing
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 21 (ἀϋτῆς (Β 97): παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, πλεονασμῷ αὔω καὶ ὁ μέλλων αὔσω καὶ ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν αὐλός, ἡ ἐπιμήκης παράτασις, καὶ παρώνυμον ὄνομα ἡ αὖλαξ, ἡ ἐπιμήκης διαχάραξις τοῦ ἀρότρου); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1434 (Αὔω Υ 51· τὸ φωνῶ· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, γίνεται αὔω κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ υ); ibid., alpha 1428A (Ἀϋτμή (I 609)· ἡ ἀναπνοή· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, γίνεται αὔω καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ αὐτμή καὶ ἀϋτμή); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 235 (Ἀϋτῆς <Β 97>· παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, καὶ πλεονασμῷ αὔω, ὁ μέλλων αὔσω, ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν αὐλός, ἡ ἐπιμήκης <παράτασις, καὶ παρώνυμον ὄνομα αὖλαξ, ἡ ἐπιμήκης> διαχάραξις τοῦ ἀρότρου); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 816 (Ἔοικε δὲ τὸ ἄω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἄημι, τὸ πνέω, ὅθεν τὸ «ἄη νότος», καὶ «ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες» ἐπενθέσει τοῦ υ Αἰολικῇ γενέσθαι αὔω, καὶ διαλύσει ἀΰω, ἀφ’ οὗ ἀϋτμή, ἡ ῥηθεῖσα διὰ τοῦ μ πρὸς διαστολὴν τῆς κατὰ τὴν φωνὴν ἀϋτῆς); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 2, p. 124 (Ἀϋτμὴ δὲ πυρὸς ὁ καπνὸς, ὡς ἀναθυμίασις, παρὰ τὸ ἄω καὶ ἀΰω τὸ πνέω); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 171 (Ἀϋτή: Παρὰ τὸ αὐδὴ, ἀϋδὴ, καὶ τροπῇ ἀϋτὴ, ὡς ἐν τῷ μελετῶναι μελεδῶναι, παρὰ τὸ μελέτη· μελέτη γὰρ ἡ φροντίς. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ, γίνεται ἀϋτὴ, ὡς καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, αὔω· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ αὐτμὴ καὶ ἀϋτμὴ ἡ ἀναπνοή); ibid., p. 174 (Αὔω: Τὸ ξηραίνω, παρὰ τὸ ὕω, τὸ βρέχω, μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α, ἀΰω· καὶ κατὰ συναίρεσιν, αὔω, τὸ ἐξ ἀνομβρίας γινόμενον. Τὸ δὲ φωνῶ, παρὰ τὸ ἄω τὸ πνέω, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ υ, γίνεται αὔω· καὶ ὁ μέλλων, αὔσω); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 308 (αὐλή (Λ 774)· ὁ περιτετειχισμένος καὶ ὕπαιθρος τόπος. ἄω, τὸ πνέω, <αὔω> αὐή καὶ αὐλή); ibid., vol. 1, p. 322 (ἀϋτμή (Ι 609)· ἀναπνοή· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, αὔω καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀϋτμή); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 348 ([Αὔω. τὸ φωνῶ καὶ τὸ ξηραίνω. παρὰ τὸ ἄω τὸ πνέω γίνεται αὔω, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ υ.]); Geneva Schol. Il. 21.386 (ἄητο] εἴληπται μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὔειν, ὅ ἐστι πνεῖν, σημαίνει δὲ νῦν τὸ μεγάλως παρώρμητο)
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on a causal relationship: blowing produces a sound. Formally, the etymology requires the insertion of /u/.